Galley mechanism for typographic machines



/ F. W. LETSCH 4 GALLEY MECHANISM FOR TYPOGRAPHIO MAGHINES 2 sne'a'u smev. -1

Original Filed March 15 1918 Patented Oct. 28, 1924.

FREDERICK W, LETSCH, 033 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GALLEY MECHANISM FOR TYPGGRAPHIC MACHINES.

Original application filed March 15, 1918, Serial No. 222,766. Divided and this application filed November 5, 1920. Serial No. 422,084.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnnnnion W. Larson, 7 a citizen of the United States, and residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Galley Mechanisms for Typographic lviachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to galley mechanism for typographic machines, particularly machines of the kind disclosed in my prior application, Serial No. 222,760, filed March 15, 1918, of which the present application is a division.

The invention aims to provide a galley mechanism which is adapted to collect and hold cast slugs or linotypes and which operates vautomatically to arrange the slugs in lines or columns of the desired length and to place each line in proper position on the preceding lines;

The invention is described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved galley mechanism, this view showing the relation of the mechanism to other parts of the machine;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Figure 3; 4

,Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the-line 33 of Figure 2; i

.Fig. 4 is a detailed view of the mechanism employedfor operating certain parts of the galley mechanism; and a 7 Fig. 5 is a detailed sectional view of the means employed for locking the alley in any desired position. i v

Referring to the drawingsin detail the letter A represents in outline the casting mechanism of a machine such as that of my prior application above mentioned, and B indicates generally a mechanism for trimming the cast slugs before they enter the galley. It will be understood that means (not shown) are provided for pushing the cast slugs from the casting mechanism through the trimming device and into the galley mechanism forming the subject matter of the present invention.

For the sake of convenience the reference characters employed in this specification are the same, in so far as possible, as those used in the said parent application above referred to. The galley proper of the present mechanism comprises side rails or walls 443 and 444 and a rear wall E. At its right hand side (Figure .1), the galley is removably secured in any suitable manner in the fixedframe C of the machine and at its lower left hand corner it is carried on a bolt 445 eccentrically arranged on the end of a shaft 446 rotatably' and slidably secured in the frame C of the machine.' The bolt 445 is adapted to engage in an opening in ablock 445 secured to the galley. The shaft .446 may be operated by a lever 44? which when turned in one direction serves to lock the galley in place and when turned in the other direction unlocks the same so that the bolt may be removed from the galley and positioned with the lever'447 resting in a groove 44Z of the frame C.,

.Slidingin theframe of the machine at the upper end of the galley. is a blade 448 pivotally' connected to arms 449 secured on a rock shaft 450 which is jour'nalled in the sides of the box or casing 451. The shaft 450 carries a rearwardly extending arm 452 which has a grooved projectingroller 453.

The shaft 450 is normally held in position to maintain the blade 448 in the position shown in Figure 3 in which its upper surface is in line with the lower side of the channel through the trimmerB by a spring 454. The blade 448 is periodically withdrawn, to the rear to permit a typebar thereon to be moved into the galley by the mechanism to be presently explained In front of and slightly above the blade 448 is an angular rod 455 slidably mounted in bearings 456 and adjustably mounted on this rod is a finger 457 which extendsinto the path of the type .bars just above the blade 448. This finger is carried by ablock 455 adjustably mounted'on the rod 455 and held by a set screw 455. This finger is adjusted for different lengths of. type bars, or for a plurality of slugs or logotypes so that when a sufiicient amount of matter is, delivered to the blade 448 to form a line of column width in the galley the finger 457 and the rod 455 will be moved slightly to the left, rocking a lever 458 which is connected by a link 459 with a slide 460. This slide is provided with an opening 461 through which a vertical bar 462 moves and the upper end 463 of this bar, which is preferably grooved, is adapted to cooperate with the lever arm 452 when the slide 460 moves the upper end of the bar 462 under the grooved hub 453. The bar 462 is continually moved up and down once during each revolution of the main cam shaft 200 of the machine by the cam 200 and arm 200 shown in Figure 4. It will thus be apparent that when a full line is assembled on the blade the bar 462 will be positioned by the bar to rock the lever 452 upward, causing the withdrawal of the blade 448 from under the type bar or assembled matter. Just as theblade 448 is withdrawn a pusher 464 carried by arms 465 on a rock shaft 466 is forced down by contact rollers 467 which are carried by the arms 449. This pusher moves the new line and the matter in the galley downward sufiiciently to permit the blade 448 to return to receivethe succeeding line. The pusher is returned to normal raised position by a spring 468.

The 'bar 462 should be moved to the left, out of alignment with the hub 453 when it has moved the arm 452 once, and this is accomplished by means of a roller 462 on an elbow lever 462 pivoted on a stationary support 462. As the bar 462 moves unward to rock the arm 452 the lever 462 yields, but on the downward movement of the bar 462 a cam projection 462 is engaged 'by the roller 462 and the bar 462 's moved out from under the hub 453 and it remains out until another line rocks the lever 458. The earn 462 also moves the parts 458, 459 and 460 to normal position shown in Figure 2. By tilting and holding the lever 462 out of the path of the projection 462, the bar 462 on each reciprocation will contact with the hub 453 which will cause the galley mechanism to operate each time/the bar 462 is raised and set slugs in a column in the galley.

The matter in the galley is supported by a galley slide or rest 469 which is frictionally held in any desired elevation by shoes .470 pivoted at 471, being normally pressed against the side flanges of the galley by spring 472?, the spring being enclosed in a tubular casing 472. It will be understood that the slide 469 is adjusted to a position just below the blade 448 when the galley is empty and that it is pushed down by the pusher 464 as each new line is added to the galley. It will also be understood that the spring 472 and the shoes 470 are adapted to frictionally sustain the slide and the cohtunn of matter resting thereon. The is also provided with a horizontally adjustable vertical guide 473 which is mounted in a groove in the slide 469 and which should be adjusted in the groove to the width oi the column being assembled. The function of this guide or support is to hold the lett ends of the lines in register and prevent the column from tipping.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the foregoing construction without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not wish to be limited to the particular details of structure herein described.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

l. A galley mechanism comprising a vertical reciprocating bar, a blade for temporarily supporting a line of assen'ibled matter delivered to a galley a slide for supporting assembled tyiographic matter in the galley, a pusher for forciug'assembled typographic matter against said slide, lever mechanism for withdrawing said blade and for simultaneously operating said pusher, and a device operated by movement of typographic matter on said slide for causing said reciprocati bar to move in position to operate said lever mechanism.

2. A galley mechanism having side was a slidablsupport tor typographic matter in the galley spring pressed friction means for holding said support in any desired position said means for assembling lines of typographic matter in said galley resting on said support the said friction means comprising shoes pivoted to said support and fitting the inner surfaces of the sides of the galley, and a spring arranged between said shoes and pressing the same against the sides of the galley.

In testimony whereof I .afhx my signature.

FREDERICK W. LETSCH. 

